Global Journal of Management and Business Research, A: Administration and Management, Volume 22 Issue 5

goes along with the changes in values, and this creates greater importance on maintaining balance between family and work life. Work-life balance has a greater impact on women because they have to balance two jobs, and everyone works full time, at home and in the office. Working mothers face challenges, stereotypes, and concepts every day. These challenges, stereotypes and concepts are constantly evolving as women transform from working women to working mothers. As a result, they often find it difficult to balance needs at home and at work. Working women have to be very careful in handling their balance and to blend their roles in a way that optimizes their potential in all sphere of life. The concept of Work-life adjust was regarded to striking a balance between family and proficient life. But the current concept is broader and it is adjusting between non-work and work exercises. It comprises of overseeing time, push, alter, innovation, self and leisure. Changes in social needs, accessible advances and individual desires have changed the dynamics of work life adjust. Work-life balance is a concept that includes proper improvisation between "lifestyle" (ie health, leisure, family and spiritual development) and "work" and ambition (ie occupation) (Sonawane, V. Yawalkar & M., 2016).It shows that the importance of work-life balance for women is a strong and stable family relationship. People think that attitudes at work will carry over into family life(Thomas E. Kando, Worth C. Summers, 1971) or that work attitudes have an impact on the basic orientation towards, others self and children (Clark, 2001) . Unlike many men, women need to make "family versus professional" decisions, because the responsibility for raising their children and maintaining the family continues to fall more on the women. So, striking a balance between work and family life has become a challenge for women. "(Jennifer Smith, Dianne Gardner, 2007)) "The conflict between work and family life is related to lack of satisfaction and increased turnover. More and more organizations are using the WLB program for recruitment and retaining their key personnel in the organization."(Dougherty, 2001).” A company or organization which is implementing “Family-friendly programs such as day care, special parental leave regulations, and family work arrangements are considered in aiding employees in striking a balance work and personal life. Compared to men, women have a greater difficulty balancing the needs of work and personal life” (Kamenou, 2008). Compared with men, women take on most of the housework and so they are more likely to experience overload. In addition, women are more likely to make sacrifices for their children.(Bridge, 2009) The study found that work-family conflicts increase the emotional exhaustion of front-line bank employees and reduce job satisfaction; this finding is consistent with previous research. (Karatepe, Osman, and Mehmet, Karatepe, Osman, and Mehmet (2006) ) a) An unequal burden This current pandemic crisis has also exacerbated the unpaid work that women contribute because they have undertaken most of the extra unpaid work caused due to the general closure of schools and daycare centers. Before the crisis, women had provided most of the unpaid work at home, ranging from 60% in Canada to 90% in India. (ILO, 2020) This crisis has increased the time parents spend on nursing, child custody, and family education, and most of these additional burdens may fall on women. According to an online survey conducted in Germany in March / April 2020, almost around half of all the households that organize their childcare within the family have their children cared for by their partners alone. An online survey conducted in the UK in April / May 2020 showed that the paid work patterns gap between the mothers and fathers is widening. Similarly, in Italy, women seem to spend much more time on household chores than men, especially in the case of professional women with 05-year-old children. There is evidence that the unequal burden that is faced by women in this COVID19 crisis has also had an adverse effect, which compared to men have a greater impact on mental health. A survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in this mid-April also concluded that both emotional and mental health conditions have deteriorated majorly during this pandemic, and the women were in general more affected than the men, especially in terms of feeling more depressed or useless. ONS’s survey analysis results identified and indicated the following main factors for women’s higher amount of anxiety compared to men: finding that work from home is more tough, paying more attention to health issues and the safety in the workplace, and spending higher amount of time on unpaid household chores (doesn’t include travel and parenting). And spend much lesser amount of time in things like tending to garden or DIY than men (do it yourself, such as repairing). Other studies in the UK have also recorded a worsening of women’s mental health status than men, and found that the difference can be mostly explained by the social factors, loneliness, and gender differences in family time and family time. Take care of responsibility. (ONS, 2020) For mothers, the pressure is usually particularly severe, and they must also cope with the need for additional childcare due to the temporary shutdown of schools and daycares during the crisis containment phase. Unsafe work in the context of the COVID19 pandemic refers to work that cannot be done at home and involves close contact with customers or other employees.(ABS, 2020) An Exploratory study on the Challenges Confronted by the Female Corporate Professionals Working in Banks to Maintain Balance in Work-Life during Pandemic 66 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXII Issue V Version I Year 2022 ( ) A © 2022 Global Journals